Sleeping Dog Stout | Chama River Brewing Company

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Notes / Commercial Description:
Our stout lives up to the highest expectations of dark beer lovers. Roasted malts contribute notes of coffee and chocolate, while rolled oats lend a full and rounded character to the palate. So kick back in your easy chair with your trusty dog at your feet and a pint of Sleeping Dog Stout in hand – you can almost feel the heat from a roaring fire as you savor this warming brew.

User Ratings & Reviews

Poured from a growler purchased 24 hours previous at Chama (the date was actually October '06). Appearance is pitch black with no light coming through and the head is massive, though I will admit it was a somewhat aggressive pour. I feel like there is almost a bit of alcohol on the nose and some sweet malts. Taste is thick and very good. Strong roasted coffee tones, but nice smooth ones that stay on your palate for a long time. Keeps the mouthfeel high. This goes down so smooth, I am glad I got a growler of it. But at the same time, not so glad. I won't be able to stop until I am at the bottom. Highly drinkable.

This was actually sampled at the Blue Corn Café (the businesses are linked). Off the tap this beer was an opaque black color with a one-finger tan head. The retention was decent, the lacing scattered. The aroma was delicious, rich milk chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. Very appealing. The flavors were similar to the aroma, chocolate, both milk and dark, all over everything at first, before the coffee showed up in the middle. The finish was pleasantly bitter when the hops showed up to offer balance. The mouthfeel was good and slightly slick, the body full but slightly watery, the carbonation perfect. Aside from a little tinkering to be done with the mouthfeel the flavors were highly enjoyable and this beer was a great example of the style.

Poured on-tap at Chama River Brewing Co, the beer was served in a pint glass. The beer pours black with a foamy, bubbled, light brown colored head, nestling in around an inch. The nose is sweet chocolate and mocha coffee. The beer has a light coffee flavor with sweet toffee and chocolate characteristics. Very creamy bodied, with a sweet chocolate aftertaste. The beer has a smooth, creamy finish with a mid-length linger. Extremely tasty stout!

I had this on tap at the Chama River, Albuquerque. I don't know the alcohol content. It poured dark dark black, with a smooth, very foamy and long-lasting head. It smelled of chocolate malt and had a sweet and complex roasted coffee/chocolate/oatmeal flavor.

Close enough to black, with a tan head that's fairly fluffy. Nice carbonation - this would appear to be an Irish-style stout. Soft, chalky notes of light roast and chocolate sweetness. A little more potency might be nice, but the firm cap of foam doesn't like to give.

I found Sleeping Dog to be a little too sweet and light of body for my taste, although it is well brewed. Nice, firm body with a hint of oily slickness on the finish. Milk chocolate is all over this one, with a balancing hop cone bitterness toward the back. Smooth, almost nitro style mouthfeel helps it go down, but again, I would like a little more assertiveness on the bittering end.

Good dessert style beer, that gets much better with warming. Definitely an American take on the British style, but it might be in a certain amount of limbo between each.

T_on the sweeter side. Nice roasted coffee tones as well as a dark bakers chocolate. Aftertaste is again sweet and chocolatey. Too much chocolate for an oatmeal stout which is what they call it. This is more along the lines of a sweet stout but I like it regardless of style.

Pours a near-black color with a small brown head. The nose is of dark roasted malt with a little bit of coffee and chocolate. The taste is the same, but with a bit more sweetness than was evident from the nose. The body is medium and drinkability is good, but not something I'd want too much of.

10 oz pour appears a very black color with a creamy, light brown foam. Glass is full, so cant comment much on the retention, but there is not much lacing left on the glass as it gets gulped down.

Nose is a bit on the faint side, but the brew is served a bit cold for a stout. Sweet, honey-drizzled oats come to mind as well as a bit of roasty, mocha coffee maltiness. Some graininess and a touch of leafy hops make it to the nostrils as well.

Not as sweet and creamy as I was hoping for, but there is some unexpected roasty and coffee flavors that help fill out the profile. It lacks the silkiness and finesse of, say, an Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout. It is more of a hoppy American style stout than a smooth, sweet oaty stout. It's ok, and certainly fresh but not so sure it fits the style very well. A bit rough around the edges, the heavy roast is too much.